Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"… Description These trucks would come across the frozen lake from the woods to the mill in the winter."

Camp Runoia

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Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"… and falls again The storm continues Everything is frozen Trees fall, the ice melts You can hear nothing, just silent After 3 days of wind and rain…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"When the platform was frozen then you could cut the ice with saws, drag it out of the pond and up and onto the platform and shove it on to the wagon."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"… had limbs that had been blown off from being so frozen and brittle. Another common factor was that a lot of homes and business's were and are with…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… engines were soon on the scene but the valves had frozen, and there was not enough water to be effective."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"When the platform was frozen then you could cut the ice with saws, drag it out of the pond and up and onto the platform and shove it on to the wagon."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all that was necessary to survive."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"… out then I would have to go get wood, and it was frozen so we had to wait until it melted in order to burn it."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… attended when the river was insufficiently frozen for them to walk across to the Rumford Center School."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Out in the wilderness all of the water was frozen, so there was no way to clean themselves. They made sweat baths or lodges, by heating stones in a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… of the classroom froze in December and remained frozen until April.” Heating in schools was provided by a potbelly stove in the back of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… chop suey, or anything that you could stir the frozen vegetables into. And just make big pots of food that people could eat."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… service being provided only by the Schwan frozen food truck. Like most coastal communities, Islesboro has been home to many resourceful and…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… a myriad of colors before giving way to winter’s frozen snowmobile trails and ice-fishing huts. Spring gives birth to the many wild animals that…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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